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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the income threshold for eligibility for housing adaptation grants from local authorities to support working families who encounter illness or life-changing physical disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the maximum grant awards available under the housing adaption grants from local authorities to reflect the increasing costs in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistics that are collected by the Tusla education support service and education welfare officer in relation to absenteeism in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11414/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide statistics from the education welfare officer in relation to absenteeism in schools in Tipperary; the number of students that have disengaged from mainstream education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (7 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's process for students who have disengaged from mainstream education and have shown several signs of challenging behaviour; the supports in place for students; the services her Department offers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11415/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Government to set up a task force to do something about the dereliction in Clonmel town and the closure of many businesses, particularly Market Place, a spanking new development that was a division of iar-Sheandóir Fergal Quinn, God rest him, and a fabulous place. It is now vacant and derelict, and it is an appalling vista. There are many other areas on Gladstone Street and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: In Clonmel town – the vale of honey.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, that is what I said.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am talking about the centre of town.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I said that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group I want to thank gach éinne a raibh ag obair go crua inné agus a rinne sárobair san ospidéal i Loch Garman. We support the ongoing efforts there, which included Irish Red Cross units and the likes of Kenneth O'Connell and others from as far away as Tipperary town. That is the spirit of the meitheal that we like to see and hopefully...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I agree that the grants have been good and widely availed of but times have surpassed them. Due to increased energy, material and labour costs, people cannot get the work done within the schemes. The eligibility is also too low in the first instance - it has not moved on in 13 years, as I said. Ireland is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le gach éinne ar na boird ar fud na tíre agus ar fud Thiobraid Árann. I would like to pay my richest and fullest compliments to the volunteers, the board members, the staff, and the management teams at every credit union in County Tipperary, from Carrick-on -Suir, to Clonmel, to Cahir and Tipperary town and the suboffices in Bansha,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Does the Taoiseach accept that Ireland's energy security policies are failing Ireland and they are more in tune with the green agenda of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and others? Does he acknowledge that the policies are driving up the costs of food, electricity, petrol and diesel and gach rud mar sin for Irish citizens? While governments...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [9797/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: County Tipperary, despite its size, has only one vacant homes officer to cover the county in identifying vacant houses and assessing applications under Croí Cónaithe and the repair and leasing scheme. As the Taoiseach knows, there is significant interest, thankfully, in these grants from the public. For a county the size of Tipperary, I ask that the Department of Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has so much money he cannot handle it.

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Regional Group on bringing forward this motion on pre-emergency care, which is a critical component of the healthcare system in Ireland. It plays a vital role in the management of emergencies and saving lives, which is the most important thing for any of us in this House or anywhere else. The motion refers to emergency medical services provided to patients outside of...